"You should know what Yamada's ultimate goal was, after all that scheming."
[Conclusion: to reach the new world the outsiders will be heading to. Yamada used many means to conceal this goal, but analysis puts this possibility at 77%.]
"The Astral Express can also take you away from here, to a new world."
Himeko's thinking was simple.
Since there were so many sources of trouble, why not just take them all away?
She would blow up the troublesome Yamada along with the Database, then bring String Bean aboard and, when the opportunity arose, send him straight to Screwllum.
Both String Bean and Screwllum would surely be very interested in each other.
Judging by their conversation just now, String Bean very much wanted freedom and [human rights].
Wasn't that a perfect fit? Planet Screwllum! It was full of Intellitrons!
Not only would he have machine rights, he would have companions too.
As for how to take him along...
Wasn't Shut Up an excellent vessel?
His powerful core was more than capable of accommodating Los Angeles's super AI, and his powerful firewall could also ensure that String Bean would not affect him.
That was alien technology for you. All that mattered was that it worked.
[Decision in progress... I need you to prove once more how much truth there is in your words.]
Dan Heng took out his phone and sent String Bean some information about Planet Screwllum.
Himechi Cat climbed onto Dan Heng's head using all four limbs. "Will he really believe us? All we gave him was an introduction to Planet Screwllum, but we can't produce any evidence that it exists."
"He'll believe us. Probably."
Dan Heng was not sure either. Faking purely textual information like this was as easy as telling an offhand lie.
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